Package-tie.



E. A. McSWlNEY.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-27. l9l6.

1,223,596. Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

EUGEN E A. M CSWINEY EUGENE A. IVICSWINEY, OF NORMANDY, MISSOURI.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed September 2'7, 1916. Serial No. 122,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE A. Mc- SWINEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Normandy, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in package ties, and it has for its primary object a very practical and efficient device of this character which may be very cheaply made and which will be found very convenlent in use, whereby the tying up of packages will be greatly facilitated, the device being principally intended for use in postoflices for the purpose of tying up packages of letters and the like, although it is to be understood that the invention may be used with equal facility in offices, stores or other places where bundles of any character have to be quickly tied up.

A. further object of the invention is a device of this kind which is so constructed and arranged that it will hold the twine or cord securely and yet without mutilating same and in such a manner that when the cord holding device is unclasped or unfastened, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, the relatively free end of the cord or twine will be immediately released and the operation of unfastening the package of letters or the like greatly expedited.

And the invent-ion also aims to generally improve devices of this class so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in View, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter more fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my package tie showing the device in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device with parts in open relation to each other.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the device,

and

Flg. 4 1s a transverse sectlonal vlew through the device with the parts closed one upon the other and with the twine 0r cord held thereby.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the cord or twine holder of my improved package tie, said holder being preferably formed of metal, although any other suitable substances or materials may be used, and being of any desired shape, size or design, as taste or judgment or as the require ments of the case may demand. The holder 1 embodies two sections 2 that are connected together at one end whereby one may fold upon the other, and at their connected ends or edges an opening 3 is formed whereby the twine or cord 4.- may pass through the opening and knotted at one end whereby it may be securely fastened to the holder in a very quick and easy manner. The sections 2 of the holder 1 are formed with any de-- sired number of longitudinally extending corrugations 5, formed in any desired portions of the sections .and at any desired distances apart, two of these corrugations being shown in each section, as clearly illustrated in the drawing, and being disposed near the side edges thereof, the corrugations being so formed that when one section is folded upon the other, the ridges formed by one set of corrugations will fit into the depressions or channels formed by the other set, but not too tightly or snugly, whereby there will be no danger of mutilating the cord or twine. The primary function of the corrugated portions of the sections is to clamp the twine or cord therebetween and hence it is to be understood that it is within the purview of my invention to make the corrugations of any desired cross-sectional shape or formation and, in fact, to use any roughened portions which will be the equivalent of the corrugations.

At their relatively free end edges, the sections 2 are provided with mating members of a clasp 6 which may be of any desired character such, for example, as the clasp of the ordinary purse, as illustrated in the drawing, and preferably the clasp is located slightly to one side of the median line of the holder, where it will not interfere with the passage of the twine or cord, although it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in this regard and that the clasp may be formed at any desired point.

If desired, the sections 2 may be lined with cloth or any other desired substance or material, and preferably the outer surfaces of the sections are roughened whereby the device will be prevented from slipping on the paper and the thumb will be prevented from slipping off of the device.

In the practical use of the device, the holder is laid upon the package of letters or the like to be tied up, and the twine or cord 4 is passed in the direction of the darts a, b and 0, out from the holder, thence around and underneath the package, and back again to the holder, through which it is passed,

.say from right to left, as indicated by the darts d and e, thence again sidewise around the package, as indicated by the darts f and g and finally again across the holder between the sections thereof, as indicated by the dart h, the holder being then pressed together so that the clasp will catch and the twine being securely held between the sections 2 of the holder. It will thus be seen that the package will be very securely held in tied-up condition, and that the letters or the like may be very quickly released by merely unclasping one section of the twine holder from the other. It is also to be noted that it is immaterial which of the two sections of the holder is uppermost in the operation or actual use of the device.

The corrugations 5 of the sections 2 are preferably disposed near the side edges of the sections, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, to preserve the stability of the device. For example, if they were disposed near the median line of the holder, the weight of the thumb upon the holder might cause the device to tip or at least assume an angle that would make it awkward to handle.

While the accompanying drawing illustrates what I believe to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed.

lVhat is claimed, is:

A package tie including a cord holder embodying sections having adjacent ends pivotally connected by transversely spaced hinges affording an opening therebetween, said sections being provided with longitudinally disposed corrugations extending entirely therealong, the corrugations of one section being adapted to seat within the corrugations of a second section when said sections are in overlying relation, and means carried by the free end portions of the sections for locking said sections in overlying relation.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE A. MGSVVINEY.

Witness es:

SAM W. PEARSON, D. B. WARD.

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